Tim Cole’s name may not ring a bell to the everyday person, but his story is an inspiring, albeit heartbreaking, one of a man who stood by his honor, even when grappling with a broken justice system. According to USA Today, Cole, who was falsely accused of rape in 1985 in Lubbock County, Texas, was…

One Wisconsin Republican’s past has caught up with him in a horrible way, and he has dropped out of the race for a state Assembly seat after admitting to using racist and homophobic slurs in social media messages, acccording to Talking Points Memo.  Jacob Dorsey, a 19-year-old who was running against Democratic state Rep. Deb…

It was an alleged prank that drove some New Jersey high school football players to tears. Someone kept on shoving bananas into the locker room where they were preparing for their match, a gesture that prompted an investigation by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, CBS 2 reports.  Students representing the North Plainfield Canucks…

Holes could be appearing in Django Unchained actress Danièle Watts’ story that the Los Angeles Police Department harassed and embarrassed her just because she was kissing her white boyfriend, Brian Lucas, in a car. TMZ released photos on Wednesday showing the couple in compromising positions—Watts was straddling Lucas—with their hands on the sunroof, steadying themselves,…

A monthlong manhunt came to an end after Prince George’s County, Md., police nabbed the man wanted in the killing of a 3-year-old Washington, D.C., girl, NBC Washington reports. Davon “Dro” Wallace was arrested early Tuesday morning in southeast D.C., the news station notes.  According to the report, the chase started in early August when…

A Richland County, S.C., sheriff’s deputy has been caught on video using his Taser twice on a handcuffed individual, The State reports. According to the news site, the video, which was posted to YouTube, has been turned over to Internal Affairs for investigation. Sheriff’s Department spokesman Lt. Curtis Wilson said that the man being tased…

The White House is all for law enforcement wearing body cameras, an official said, but there are many factors to take into consideration in the implementation of such a practice, which is not the cure-all for the mistrust between law-enforcement officials and their communities. It has been more than a month since Officer Darren Wilson…

When Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley first moved into the historic Government House in Annapolis, Md., something struck him: There were no portraits of black Americans who had influenced the nation among those of historic greats like George Washington. That was remedied Monday when the governor unveiled a portrait of Frederick Douglass—the first of an African…

Actress Danièle Watts isn’t the only black woman who has recently been unjustly tagged a prostitute. According to AlterNet, a security guard at the Standard hotel in the Meatpacking District of New York City recently accused three black professionals of solicitation, the outraged customers claim. The report states that the women—Kantaki Washington, Cydney Madlock and J.…

Jury selection began Monday for the second trial of an officer in a top Detroit police unit who was involved in the tragic shooting of a 7-year-old girl during a 2010 raid, the Associated Press reports.   The last trial ended 15 months ago with a hung jury when the jurors could not agree on a…